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Bofu Yu is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on diverse subfields. Their research contributions span topics such as Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Soil Science, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's main research topics include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Climate variability and models, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bofu Yu highlight various aspects of climate change, hydrology, and environmental data analysis. Notable publications include:

  • Global concurrent climate extremes exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, 2023, Science Advances
  • Projected increase in global runoff dominated by land surface changes, 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • Assessment and comparison of five satellite precipitation products in Australia, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Rainfall erosivity mapping over mainland China based on high-density hourly rainfall records, 2022, Earth System Science Data
  • A study on temperature spatial distribution of a greenhouse under solar load with considering crop transpiration and optical effects, 2022, Energy Conversion and Management

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Sha Zhou, Mohammad Ramezani, Xudong Fu, Wenting Wang, and Yahui Che.

Publications often appear in journals and venues including SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Hydrology, arXiv (Cornell University), International Soil and Water Conservation Research, and CATENA.

Best Publications

  • “Panta Rhei—Everything Flows”: Change in hydrology and society—The IAHS Scientific Decade 2013–2022

    A. Montanari;G. Young;H.H.G. Savenije;D.A. Hughes

  • Global rainfall erosivity assessment based on high-temporal resolution rainfall records

    Panos Panagos;Pasquale Borrelli;Katrin Meusburger;Bofu Yu

  • Soil erodibility and its estimation for agricultural soils in China

    K. L. Zhang;A. P. Shu;X. L. Xu;Q. K. Yang

  • Partitioning evapotranspiration based on the concept of underlying water use efficiency

    Sha Zhou;Bofu Yu;Yao Zhang;Yuefei Huang

  • Global concurrent climate extremes exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change

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  • Integrated application of the analytic hierarchy process and the geographic information system for flood risk assessment and flood plain management in Taiwan

    Yi-Ru Chen;Chao-Hsien Yeh;Bofu Yu

  • Another Look at SCS-CN Method

    Surendra Kumar Mishra;Vijay P. Singh

  • An assessment of a daily rainfall erosivity model for New South Wales

    Bofu Yu;C.J. Rosewell

  • Sediment yield and impacts from river catchments to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon

    David T. Neil;Alan R. Orpin;Peter V. Ridd;Bofu Yu

  • The effect of vapor pressure deficit on water use efficiency at the subdaily time scale

    Sha Zhou;Bofu Yu;Yuefei Huang;Guangqian Wang

  • Rainfall erosivity and its estimation for Australia's tropics

    Bofu Yu

  • Quantifying the impacts of climate and human activities on water and sediment discharge in a karst region of southwest China

    Zhenwei Li;Xianli Xu;Bofu Yu;Chaohao Xu

  • Erodibility of agricultural soils on the Loess Plateau of China

    K. Zhang;S. Li;W. Peng;Bofu Yu

  • Streamflow and Sediment Yield Prediction for Watershed Prioritization in the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia

    Gebiaw T. Ayele;Engidasew Z. Teshale;Bofu Yu;Ian D. Rutherfurd

  • A comparative study of rainfall erosivity estimation for southern Italy and southeastern Australia

    Vito Ferro;Paolo Porto;Bofu Yu

  • The complementary relationship and generation of the Budyko functions

    Sha Zhou;Bofu Yu;Yuefei Huang;Guangqian Wang

  • Projected increase in global runoff dominated by land surface changes

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  • Long-term variations in regional rainfall in the south-west of Western Australia and the difference between average and high intensity rainfalls

    B. Yu;D. T. Neil

  • Technical Notes: A Robust Estimator of the R-factor for the Universal Soil Loss Equation

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  • Theoretical Justification of SCS Method for Runoff Estimation

    Bofu Yu

  • Effects of human activities on the eco-environment in the middle Heihe River Basin based on an extended environmental Kuznets curve model

    Sha Zhou;Yuefei Huang;Bofu Yu;Guangqian Wang

  • Plot-scale rainfall-runoff characteristics and modeling at six sites in Australia and Southeast Asia

    Bofu Yu;Calvin Wyatt Rose;K.J. Coughlan;B. Fentie

  • Toward a Framework for Runoff and Soil Loss Prediction using GUEST Technology

    Bofu Yu;Calvin Wyatt Rose;C.A.A. Ciesiolka;K.J. Coughlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Calvin Wyatt Rose
Calvin Wyatt Rose Griffith University
Yuefei Huang
Yuefei Huang Tsinghua University
Sha Zhou
Sha Zhou Columbia University
Guangqian Wang
Guangqian Wang Tsinghua University
Zhaoyin Wang
Zhaoyin Wang Tsinghua University
Dennis C. Flanagan
Dennis C. Flanagan Agricultural Research Service
Yao Zhang
Yao Zhang Peking University
Paul Hesse
Paul Hesse Macquarie University
Baoyuan Liu
Baoyuan Liu Beijing Normal University
Chiyuan Miao
Chiyuan Miao Beijing Normal University

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